The Washington critic., 1887-12-08
Tie CITY Hall,

Tie City Hall.
This is n large ana commodious building, at tho
head of Fourand.a-I Half street, built for use
rather than show, and now occupied by the
District courts. Just In front and TO the
south OF tho city Hall isu column OF white
coin, executed by Mr. rlannery.
judiciary square.
The CITY Hall stands on the south front OF
Judiciary Square. one Of the finest parks IN
northeast corner OF the square which runs
from rilth 10 Fourth and from ID street and
and louisiana avenue 10 street-threc
long full squares.
The Pension OfIicc.
The new Pension Building extends nearly the
entire width OF judiciary Square from Fourth
70 Fllth streets and from q, nearly TO street,
1t Is the largest brick building IN the wold
and Is devoted to tho examination ana set.
tlement Qf claims for pensions, II Is built OF
red brick, cost three quarters OF million
dollars and In itarc employed over 800 clerks
In The court Of this buiiding was given pfesl-
dent Cleyelaud's Inauguration Ball. II can
hq reached by the Metropolitan and the Belt
Line cars.
The Government Printing Onicc.
The Government Printing oiice Is IN "a north
east direction from the Pension omco. lt
the corner of II aud North taoitol streets
II Is by far the largest printing establish
ment In the world and Is full ot interest to
millions annually, and the nancy Is well
stsnt !, would take columns to %sEeig MGs
employs IN It's busiest season over 1000
people. It is reached by tho Columbia line
Of cars. Coming back "nown-town" to the
City Postofllce which IL at tue hart of the
business portion OF the clty--on Louisiana ave-
nue, jus; east OF busy seventh street.-the yls-
itor will find across seventh street and On the
south side of Pennsylvania avenue.
The Centre Market
The Centre Market occupies tho squares
south OF the Avenue bounded ty u street
on the south, seventh street on the east
and Ninth street on tho ,wost. II Is a very
world. IL Is the clcanest and the best
market in America. North up Seventh street
The E'ostoricc Department.
The General postohlcc Department is on tho
square bounded by Il, Y, seventh and
Eighth streets 1t Is handsome building,
Hl,SEash rs proximity to It's larger son. and
what obscures lis great size and tends TO
lessen its beauty. Its different BUREAUS
possess great interest to the visitor, but the
Dead Letter Office Is particularly the one To
be observed. The collection Of curiosities
taken from tho malls In transit, as speei-
mons of the uses TO which the Nations pos.
tai conveyances are put, Is both varied and
unique. Everything unnailablc, from an In
dian tomahawk to II stuffed kangaroo, Is 70
be seen In this collection, and II Is still
growing Across Eighth street and connected
with the main bulldog by bridge Is "A large
brick building devoted to The emoney-order bust
ness. seven hundred anu sixty clctks arc CHI
ploycd In tho two buildings.
The Interior Department.,
or, as 1t is popularity termed, the Patent Of
fee. occupies the two squares between Sey-
enth and Ninth and and q streets. y Is
built In the Doric style, and is an admirable
Greek styles. II contrasts finely with tile
General Postofiice, which Is Corinthian, the
Sno q tho pg5S SeeS RS ateSt
Ohcc Gro the model rooms. where many
thousands of ideas have been materiaiized
and exhibit themselves TO the gaze in every
by over i,-0. clerks, and, like most OF the Gov
ernment offices, Is ohen TO the VISITOR from
ga.mtosp' IN, me libraries OF the Interior r,li,
great Inauguration ball at Lincoln's second
term took place IN the Patent once.
The Burenu Of Educnti0n.
The Bureau of Education Is ina brick building
due north OF the Patent Office. The visitor
with scholarly tastes and instincts will not
fail to visit this bureau, which contains
complete collection of objects illustrating
thfolahout the world. ThIrty.nine employees
conduct the work of this bureau.
Masonic Temple.
Westward from the Patent onlce, across Ninth
street at its intersection with
Tempie, erected in '"R:s. ISIS. This build.
Inc Is one of the most complete In It's ar
rangemeHts OF any building consecrated to
MasOnlC uses III INC country.
FOrd's old Thcnter.
On Tenth street, between and T, round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, Is the
structure which became famous rs "Ford's
Iheater., This building was once a prominent
Baptist Church. II was converted about the
beginning OF the war into u theatre known
rs Ford's, and 1t was in a private Sbox there
in, April, iSJ5, that John Wilkes Booth
earsad to saasd aSs Waro WIS rs
died A marble tablet IN front of the house.
No. 5l6 Tenth street, commentaries this
the Government and turned into the Med
erals oiice. The Museum las but recently
been moved to TIC new building on the Mall;
not fail 10 inspect the massive and beauti-
tnl Post Building, In which is situated the
office OF TnE GniTo. This is The largest
phia and east of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. Four OF, the leading and most iniiu-
ential journals in the contry;-two morning,
ono evening CTnE CiiTiC) and one lndepen
dent Sunday paper-haye their home In this
establishment.
The Geological Bureau.
The Geological Survey, with Its thirty eni-
ployes; in his city, is located on street
near the Ebbitt House. The Interior De.
partment building, immense as i Is, Is en-.
irely too small for the accoumOdi itiOn Of lis
bureaus, two Of which, besides the .Educa-
tonul and Geological Bureaus agriculture
and Pension are located in other quarters.
These two last bureaus are anon: the largest
under the Government.
The Louise Home.
The Louise Home Is beautiful building at
the corner OF Massachusetts avenue and
Fifteenth street, near scott Circle. II has
extensive grounds, beautifully cmbellished,
and Is Il unique establishment. 1t Is q
memorial to the wife and daughter of Mr..
W. W. Corcoran. and Is intended as q home
for ladies of education, birth and refine
inent, who have been reduced to poverty from
affiuence. 1t has accommodations for fifty.
hve inmates.
The Columbian University.
Coming down Fifteenth street from the Louise
Home, at the corner of Fifteenth and II
streets, the visitor seos the Columbian Uni.
versity, which occupies the site of the old
Griswod mansion. This university was in
corporated as Columbian College in 1891,
and Is under the SPECIAL supervision of the
Baptist Church. It's an institution famous
for the discipline and thoroughness OF It's
instruction.
A large number Of places of interest are at such
dist stances that n special "Trip must be made to
streetcara, Others by carriages only, but all
well repay q visit II tho visitor has the time to
devote to them.
st. Eliznbcth's.
Across the Anlcostia River due south from
the Nuvy-Yard, Is st. Ellzabeths or the Gov
ernment's Hospital for the Insane. IL Hes on
tho topofa hill having Il beautiful view oi
tho surrounding country. There are ovei
one thousand patients In this asylum. II Il
reached by pleasant carriage drive and also
by street-cars from the foot Of 7th st.
The District Jail.
On the reservation which rs immediately